The Carrie Life

I grew up in the church and from birth until now, I've gone to at least 11 churches in my life with all the moving and adjusting, and...

 I am not afraid of encountering and processing human emotion.   If someone is planning a tear jerker, they are aiming at me.  I am bawling ...

Being a Christian can often be like walking a tightrope. If you aren't careful you will fall one way or the other.  Getting too grace-f...

Caleb Kaltenbach was supposed to be at a conference I attended in May to lead a couple workshops,  but some issues with his airplane kept hi...

  Because I have moved a ton in my life and traveled even more, my faith has never been defined by denomination (Baptist, Presbyterian, Meth...

  Have you ever wanted to lose weight? Get a better job? Organize your house? Be more efficient? Be a better communicator?  Use that gym...

What would you say if I told you I was a doctor, but my only credit to this title was a one hour Nursing class in college that I deem the on...

We all encounter hardships and roadblocks and its hard at times to know what our response should be?   Do we ignore it? Do we walk throu...

Monday, I went to the Mother’s Club meeting at my son’s school.   It is always a wonderful monthly event, but being December, they had some...

The past two weeks, I have written about making your life count and doing what God has called you to as a Christian, and what I am abo...

Sixteen years ago, I remember going to see Erin Brockovich when it came out in theaters.  It was not just a great movie, but a great messa...

Do you spend time with God everyday? If so, what does that look like? If not, why not? Yes, life is busy and we have a lot on our “to-...

Even though I was never an avid Oprah watcher, it was sad for me to see something that has been around most of my life, come to its completi...